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McGraw-Hill © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2Chapter 2 MAJOR BUSINESS INITIATIVES

Gaining Competitive Advantage with ITGaining Competitive Advantage with IT

Chapter 2Chapter 2 MAJOR BUSINESS INITIATIVES

Gaining Competitive Advantage with ITGaining Competitive Advantage with IT

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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Define supply chain management (SCM) systems and describe their strategic and competitive opportunities

2. Define customer relationship management (CRM) systems and describe their strategic and competitive opportunities

3. Define e-collaboration and describe its strategic and competitive opportunities

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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

4. Discuss the impact IT culture has on technology choices and their implementations within an organization.

5. Explain the significance of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as the integration of functional software systems.

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SMACK – GROUP OF JELLYFISH OR SHOPPING?

A smack is both Smack shopping occurs at www.jellyfish.com That site uses a reverse auction format Sellers post items at a decreasing price Buyers jump in and buy when the price is

acceptable

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Social Commerce Shopping

Buyers talk on chat boards They encourage each other not to buy too early This is called social commerce shopping Jellyfish.com has over 100,000 people

participating

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Questions

1. Do you use a live auction site like eBay? How does it differ from Jellyfish?

2. Visit Jellyfish.com. What is the process of becoming a participant?

3. What sort of products would be best suited for a reverse auction format?

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CHAPTER ORGANIZATION

1. Supply Chain Management Learning Outcome #1

2. Customer Relationship Management Learning Outcome #2

3. E-Collaboration Learning Outcome #3

4. IT Culture Learning Outcome #4

5. Enterprise Resource Planning Learning Outcome #5

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Supply chain management (SCM) – tracks inventory and information among business processes and across companies

Supply chain management (SCM) system – IT system that supports supply chain management

Just-in-time (JIT) – method for producing or delivering a product or service just at the time the customer wants it

Key feature of effective SCM Dell uses JIT to deliver custom computers

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Dell’s Effective SCM Through JIT

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Supply Chain Management

Most supply chains use inter-modal transportation, multiple transportation channels (railway, truck, etc) to move products from origin destination

This creates supply chain complexities

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Opportunities of SCM

Business strategy Overall cost leadership Bottom-line initiative Running the organization (RGT) framework

Goal is to squeeze out every penny of cost possible in the supply chain

This will optimize fulfillment, logistics, production, revenue and profit, and cost and price

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IT Support for SCM

SCM systems pioneered by specialist companies SCM is now part of ERP software (discussed later) Learn more

Supply Chain Knowledge Base Supply Chain Management Review i2 Technologies CIO Magazine About Inc. Oracle/PeopleSoft Supply Chain

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CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Customer relationship management (CRM) system – uses information about customers to gain insight into their needs, wants, and behaviors in order to serve them better

Includes multi-channel service delivery, multiple ways in which customers can interact with a business

Focuses on1. Sales force automation

2. Customer service and support

3. Marketing campaign management and analysis

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Customer Relationship Management

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Customer Relationship Management

Sales force automation (SFA) systems – automatically track all the steps in the sales process

Sales lead tracking Listing potential customers Market and customer analysis Product configuration Getting repeat customers

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GM’s Sales Force Automation (Purchase Funnel)

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Opportunities of CRM

Business strategy Differentiation and focus Top-line initiative Growing the organization

Classic goals Treating customers better Understanding their needs and wants Tailoring offerings Providing “delightful” experiences

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IT Support for CRM

Front-office systems – primary interface to customers and sales channels

Back-office systems – fulfill and support customer orders

Both interface to CRM database and analysis and reporting systems

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IT Support for CRM

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IT Support for CRM

Like, SCM systems, CRM was pioneered by specialist companies

Like SCM, CRM is now part of ERP software (discussed later)

Learn more Siebel Systems Salesforce.com CIO Magazine CRM Today destinationCRM.com

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E-COLLABORATION

E-collaboration is the use of technology to support

1. Work activities with integrated collaboration environments

2. Knowledge management with knowledge management systems

3. Social networking with social networking systems

4. Learning with e-learning tools

5. Informal collaboration to support open-source information

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Integrated Collaboration Environments

Integrated collaboration environment (ICE) – environment in which virtual teams do their work

Virtual team – team whose members are located in varied geographical locations

An ICE can be as basic as e-mail or more sophisticated as in

Workflow system – automation and management of business processes (processing a loan in a bank, processing a sales order, etc)

Document management system – manages a document through all stages of processing

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Knowledge Management Systems

Knowledge management (KM) system – IT system that supports the capturing, organizing, and dissemination of knowledge throughout the organization

Knowledge of facts Sources of information Solutions, patents, and trademarks Best-practice processes

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Social Networking Sites & Systems

Social networking site – site on which you post information about yourself, create a network of friends, read about other people, share content such as photos and videos, and communicate with other people (e.g., Myspace, Facebook, etc)

Social networking system – IT system that links you to people you know and, from there, to people your contacts know

More business focused

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E-Learning Tools

Facilitate learning on IT-enabled platforms WebCT, Blackboard, and e-College Used in education environments and also in

business environments

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Informal Collaboration

Previous e-collaboration tools have “organizational” focus

Information collaboration tools focus on “informal” groups of people getting together

Wiki – allows you – as a visitor – to create, edit, change, and often eliminate content

Such content is called open-source information, content that is publicly available, free of charge, and most often updateable by anyone

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Opportunities of E-Collaboration

Good for just about every type of business strategy

Focus, differentiation, and overall cost leadership Top line and bottom line Run, grow, and transform

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IT Support for E-Collaboration

Just a few of the literally hundreds of e-collaboration tools

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IT CULTURE

IT culture – refers to1. How the IT function is placed structurally within an

organization

2. The organization’s philosophical approach to the development, deployment, and use of IT

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IT Function Structural Placement

Top-down silo – IT function handles all IT needs; strong “command and control” structure

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IT Function Structural Placement

Matrix – Separate IT department but decision making is “matrixed” across the organization

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IT Function Structural Placement

Fully integrated– separate IT function but IT personnel are placed within functional areas; tremendous empowerment

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IT Culture Philosophical Approach

Ranging from… “Wait and see”

Must prove ROI before adopting technologies Early adopters

Support technology innovation failure, a reward system for trying new technologies even if they prove to be unsuccessful

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IT Culture Philosophical Approach

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ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

How do you bring together SCM, CRM, and e-collaboration systems? With an ERP system.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system – collection of integrated software for business management, accounting, finance, supply chain management, inventory management, customer relationship management, e-collaboration, etc.

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ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

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Major ERP Vendors

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ERP

Attempts to integrate everything CRM drives what SCM will produce Everyone works together in e-collaboration The entire organization knows the entire

organization Think about your school

Can you register for class with a bill outstanding? Can you register for a class for which you haven’t

completed the prerequisite?

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ERP Integrates Everything